Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][C][G][D][Am][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
How old [G]do you think
[C]I am
Well, I didn't [Am]know[D]
Man, I turned sixty- [C]five
about eleven [D]months [G]ago"

[Verse 2]
I [G]was sittin' in Miami,
pouring [C]blended whiskey [Am]down[C]
When this old gray,
black [G]gentleman [D]was cleaning up the lounge
[G][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]There wasn't anyone around,
except [C]this old man and [Am]me
The [D]guy who ran the bar was watching
[C]"Ironside" [D]on [G]TV[Em][D][G]
Uninvited, he sat down and
[C]opened up his [Am]mind
[C]On old dogs and [G]children [D]and
watermelon [G]wine

[Verse 4]
[G]
"Ever had a drink of water
[C]melon wine," he [Am]asked
[D]He told me all about it,
though I [C]didn't [D]answer bac[G]k
"Ain't but three things in life
worth a [C]solitary [Am]dime
That's [C]old dogs and chil[G]dren[D]
and watermelon wine"
[G]

[Verse 5]
He said, "Women think about they- selves,
[C]when the menfolk ain[Am]'t around
[D]And friends are hard to come by when
they [C]discover [D]that you're [G]down[D]
[G]You know, I tried it all when I was
young and [C]in my natural [Am]prime
Now [C]it's old dogs and [G]children [D]and

[Interlude 1]
watermelon wine"
[G][Bm][C][G][D][G][D][G][C]
[G]"Old

[Verse 6]
dogs care about you even
[C]when you make mis[Am]takes[D]
God bless little children while they're
[C]still to [D]young to [G]hate"
[D]When [G]he moved away I found my pen
and [C]copied down that [Am]line
About [C]old dogs and [G]children
[D]and wat[G]ermelon wine

[Verse 7]
[G]
I had to catch a plane up to
At[C]lanta that next [Am]day
[D]As I left for my room I saw him[C]
picking [D]up my [G]change
That night I dreamed in peaceful
sleep of [C]shady summer[Am]time
Of [C]old dogs [G]and children [D]an
d watermelon [G]wine[A][G]
[C]Old dogs and [G]children
[D]and watermelon win[G]e[D]